U.S. patent number 7,289,796 [Application Number 09/871,960] was granted by the patent office on 2007-10-30 for mobile communications terminal device and method for identifying incoming call for use with the same.
This patent grant is currently assigned to NEC Corporation. Invention is credited to Kazuhiro Kudoh.
United States Patent |
7,289,796 |
Kudoh |
October 30, 2007 |
Mobile communications terminal device and method for identifying
incoming call for use with the same
Abstract
To provide a mobile communications terminal device that can
identify an originator in a unit of group or a discriminating
ringing by depending on the kind of an incoming identification tone
without regard to a display, and acquire information designating
the originator in accordance with an external specification. In a
mobile communications terminal device 1, if there is any matched
data in a retrieval from a telephone directory, the call is
informed with an incoming identification tone specified by the kind
of a call incoming and a telephone directory of a memory 17. If a
switch is pressed on an operation section 11, a ringing of incoming
identification tone from a voice output section 13 is stopped, and
the voice information converted from a character string registered
in the telephone directory of the memory 17 is output from the
voice output section 13.
Inventors: |
Kudoh; Kazuhiro (Tokyo,
JP) |
Assignee: |
NEC Corporation (Tokyo,
JP)
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Family
ID: |
18672709 |
Appl.
No.: |
09/871,960 |
Filed: |
June 4, 2001 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
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US 20020004384 A1 |
Jan 10, 2002 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
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Jul 6, 2000 [JP] |
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2000-169925 |
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Current U.S.
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455/415;
379/142.06 |
Current CPC
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H04M
1/578 (20130101); H04M 19/041 (20130101); H04M
1/724 (20210101) |
Current International
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H04M
3/42 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;455/415,343.21,563,566,567,414.1,413,414.2,414.3,414.4,343.2
;379/354,88.19,88.21,142.06 |
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Primary Examiner: Gauthier; Gerald
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A mobile communications terminal device, comprising: storage
means for registering beforehand a name of an originator, one of a
telephone number and a mail address of said originator, a kind of
an incoming identification tone at a time of a call incoming from
said originator, and a character string input by a user and
corresponding to a voice information designating said originator;
voice output means for ringing with the kind of the incoming
identification tone corresponding to said originator at the time of
the incoming call; and control means for controlling said voice
output means to output the voice information corresponding to the
character string registered beforehand in said storage means in
response to an instruction received from said user while said voice
output means is ringing.
2. The mobile communications terminal device according to claim 1,
wherein said control means controls said voice output means to
output said voice information after stopping said ringing in
response to the instruction.
3. The mobile communications terminal device according to claim 1,
wherein said control means controls said voice output means to
output said voice information after reducing an output volume of
ringing in response to the instruction.
4. The mobile communications terminal device according to claim 1,
wherein said voice output means outputs the voice information
corresponding to one of the telephone number and the mail address
of said originator as said incoming identification tone at the time
of said incoming call.
5. The mobile communications terminal device according to claim 1,
wherein said voice output means outputs the primary information
regarding one of the discriminating ringing and the originator as
the voice information instead of said incoming identification
tone.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein said instruction comprises an
input from a switch mounted on an exterior of said mobile
communication terminal device.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said outputting of said voice
information is in response to an external instruction during said
ringing.
8. The mobile communications terminal device of claim 1, further
comprising means for receiving said character string from said
user.
9. A method for identifying an incoming call in a mobile
communications terminal device, said method comprising: ringing
with a kind of an incoming identification tone corresponding to an
originator at a time of an incoming call; and outputting a voice
information corresponding to a character string registered
beforehand by a user in a storage means for registering beforehand
a name of the originator, one of a telephone number and a mail
address of said originator, said kind of the incoming
identification tone being output at the time of the incoming call,
and said character string corresponding to the voice information
designating said originator, in response to an instruction received
from said user during the ringing of said incoming identification
tone.
10. The method for identifying the incoming call in the mobile
communications terminal device according to claim 9, wherein said
outputting the voice information corresponding to said character
string comprises outputting said voice information after stopping
said ringing of said incoming identification tone in response to
the instruction.
11. The method for identifying the incoming call in the mobile
communications terminal device according to claim 9, wherein said
outputting the voice information corresponding to said character
string comprises outputting said voice information after reducing
an output volume of ringing of said incoming identification tone in
response to the instruction.
12. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving said
character string from said user before said ringing.
13. A method for identifying an incoming call in a mobile
communications terminal device, said method comprising: outputting
a voice information at a time of an incoming call in response to
receiving an instruction from a user while receiving the incoming
call, said voice information corresponding to a character string
registered by said user beforehand in a storage means for
registering beforehand a name of an originator, one of a telephone
number and a mail address of said originator, a kind of an incoming
identification tone at the time of the incoming call, and said
character string corresponding to the voice information designating
said originator.
14. A method for identifying an incoming call in a mobile
communications terminal device, said method comprising: outputting
a voice information corresponding to one of a telephone number and
a mail address of an originator in response to receiving an
instruction from a user while receiving the incoming call, a kind
of an incoming identification tone at a time of the incoming call,
and a character string from said user corresponding to the voice
information designating said originator.
15. A communications terminal comprising: a memory storing a
character string input by a user for a calling party, said
character string to be retrieved from said memory upon a receipt of
a call from said calling party for outputting voice information and
upon receipt of an instruction from a user during an incoming
call.
16. The terminal of claim 15, further comprising: a speaker; and a
controller that controls said speaker to output said voice
information in response to a call from said calling party based
upon said character string that was stored before said call from
said party and upon receipt of said instruction.
17. The terminal of claim 15, further comprising a converter that
converts said character string into an analog voice waveform.
18. The terminal of claim 15, further comprising a switch to
receive said instruction, and to control a retrieval of said
character string and a conversion of said character string into an
analog waveform.
19. The terminal of claim 15, further comprising a speaker in
communication with said memory.
20. The terminal of claim 16, wherein said controller determines
whether said call is from said party based upon caller
identification data.
21. The terminal of claim 15, wherein said memory further stores a
tone for said party.
22. The terminal of claim 16, wherein said controller controls said
speaker to output said tone in response to a call from said
party.
23. The terminal of claim 15, wherein said character string
comprises a digitized voice signal.
24. The terminal of claim 15, wherein said memory comprises a
telephone directory that stores said character string.
25. The terminal of claim 15, wherein said communications terminal
comprises a mobile communications terminal.
26. A method for identifying a caller in a mobile terminal,
comprising: determining whether a memory includes a character
string input by a user that corresponds to a caller; and outputting
a voice signal that corresponds to said character string if said
character string corresponds to said caller and in response to an
instruction from said user during an incoming call from the
caller.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising receiving caller
identification data and wherein said determining comprises
determining whether said character string corresponds to said
caller based upon said caller identification data.
28. The method of claim 26, further comprising storing said
character string in a telephone directory before said
determining.
29. The method of claim 28, further comprising: storing a tone in
said telephone directory; determining whether said tone corresponds
to said caller; and outputting said tone if said tone corresponds
to said caller before outputting said voice signal.
30. The method of claim 26, further comprising initially running an
identification tone in response to a call from said caller.
31. The method of claim 26, wherein the instruction comprises a
prompt by a user for the output of the voice signal while an
identification tone, corresponding to said caller, is ringing.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a mobile communications terminal
device and a method for identifying an incoming call for use
therewith, and more particularly to a method for identifying the
information of an originator upon receiving an incoming call in the
mobile communication terminal device.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, in the mobile communications terminal device, means
for identifying the originator's information at the time of call
incoming employs a method for displaying a telephone number or a
mail address of the originator as the originator's information.
Also, in the mobile communications terminal device, there is
another method for displaying the originator's information (which
comprises a name of the originator) by registering a name of an
originator along with the telephone number and the mail address as
a telephone directory in its own terminal device, and retrieving
the name or the like from the telephone directory by the telephone
number or the mail address of the originator upon receiving an
incoming call.
However, in the conventional mobile communications terminal device
as described above, the user can not easily identify the
originator's information according to a display of incoming call,
at the time of carrying a portable terminal of folding structure,
or at the time of holding a terminal of non-folding structure in
the user's pocket.
Also, the originator's information may be obtained by associating
the kinds of incoming identification tone with the originator or
the contents of incoming call, but if a great number of originators
are present, it is difficult to identify clearly the originator on
the basis of the kind of abstract incoming identification tone.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Thus, it is an object of the invention to solve the aforementioned
problems and to provide a mobile communications terminal device and
a method for identifying an incoming call for use with the same
terminal device, in which an originator in a unit of group or the
kind of call incoming can be identified on the basis of the kind of
incoming identification tone, without display, and the information
designating the originator can be obtained in accordance with an
external specification.
According to this present invention, there is provided a mobile
communications terminal device including: storage means for
registering beforehand the name of an originator, at least one of
the telephone number and mail address of said originator, the kind
of an incoming identification tone at the time of a call incoming
from said originator, and a character string corresponding to the
voice information designating said originator; voice output means
for ringing with the kind of the incoming identification tone
corresponding to said originator at the time of the call incoming;
and control means for controlling said voice output means to output
the voice information corresponding to the character string
registered in said storage means in response to an external
instruction while said voice output means is ringing.
Further, according to this present invention, there is provided a
method for identifying an incoming call in a mobile communications
terminal device comprising steps of: ringing with the kind of an
incoming identification tone corresponding to an originator at the
time of a call incoming; and outputting the voice information
corresponding to a character string registered in storage means for
registering beforehand the name of the originator, at least one of
the telephone number and mail address of said originator, the kind
of the incoming identification tone at the time of the call
incoming from said originator, and the character string
corresponding to the voice information designating said originator,
in response to an external instruction during the ringing of said
incoming identification tone.
That is, the method for identifying the incoming call according to
the present invention includes effecting the voice output of the
originator's information as means for discriminating the originator
at the time of the call incoming in the mobile communications
terminal device such as a portable telephone or the like, thereby
enabling the identification to be made easily.
In the mobile communications terminal device of the present
invention, since the originator's information is output apart from
the incoming identification tone, upon activation by the user
making a key input, in a state where the incoming identification
tone is ringing at the time of the call incoming, the originator
can be identified without regard to the display of the originator's
information.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile
communications terminal device according to one embodiment of the
present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of one configuration
of a voice output section of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the mobile communications terminal
device according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the mobile
communications terminal device according to one embodiment: of the
present invention;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of one configuration
of a voice output section in the mobile communications terminal
device according to another embodiment of the present invention;
and
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile
communications terminal device according to another embodiment of
the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Next, the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be
described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1
is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile
communications terminal device according to one embodiment of the
present invention. In the configuration of FIG. 1, the mobile
communications terminal device has a voice output function of
enabling the voice to be heard sufficiently without needs of
bringing the terminal itself closer to the user's ear.
In FIG. 1, a mobile communications terminal device 1 comprises an
operation section 11, a display section 12, a voice output section
13, a control section 14, an input/output section 15, a
transmitting/receiving section 16 and a memory 17.
The operation section 11 accepts an operation to the terminal
device, and the display section 12 displays the status of the
terminal device and the required information. To inform an incoming
call or a status change of the terminal device, the voice output
section 13 outputs the incoming identification tone and the voice
information obtained by decoding the ADPCM (Adaptive Differential
Pulse Code Modulation) data.
The control section 14 controls the operation of each section
constituting the terminal device. The input/output section 15
inputs and outputs the voice in telephone conversation, and the
transmitting/receiving section 16 transmits or receives the data in
the radio communication. The memory 17 saves the information or
settings, and stores the common information or the set information
of the terminal device, as well as the waveform information
necessary for generating the waveform of the incoming
identification tone and the ADPCM data required to produce the
voice information.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing one configuration example of the
voice output section 13 of FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, the voice output
section 13 comprises an incoming identification tone waveform
generating section 31, an adder 32, an amplifier 33, a speaker 34,
and an ADPCM decoder 35.
In the voice output section 13, when an incoming identification
tone rings, the waveform information of the incoming identification
tone from the control section 14 is input into the incoming
identification tone waveform generating section 31 to generate the
wave form of the incoming identification tone, which is then
amplified by the amplifier 33, and output as the audio output from
the speaker 34, so that the incoming call is informed to the
outside.
Also, in the voice output section 13, at the time of voice output,
the ADPCM data from the control section 14 is input into the ADPCM
decoder 35, decoded into an analog voice waveform, amplified by the
amplifier 33, and output as the audio output from the speaker 34,
so that the voice information with the ADPCM data is output to the
outside.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the mobile communications terminal
device 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. In
FIG. 3, the mobile communications terminal device 1 has a housing
10 of folding structure. This terminal device is folded and carried
in the normal state, and used by opening the housing 10 in the
service or display operation.
An antenna 16a receives an electric wave to supply to the receiving
circuit in the transmitting/receiving section 16, and radiates a
high frequency output from a transmitting circuit as the electric
wave. A receiver 15a outputs the received speech voice from the
input/output section 15 in the voice service, with the receiver 15a
placed onto the user's ear, and a microphone 15b inputs the user's
voice as the sending speech voice into the input/output section 15
in the voice speech.
The display section 12 is disposed on the side of the receiver 15a
of the folding structure, and the operation section 11 has a main
component 11a disposed on the side of the microphone 15b of the
folding structure, but a switch 11b placed on a lateral face of the
housing 10 so that the user can operate it when the terminal device
is folded.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile
communications terminal device according to one embodiment of the
present invention. The operation of the mobile communications
terminal device according to one embodiment of the present
invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to
4.
First of all, in the mobile communications terminal device 1, a
telephone directory editing function is initiated by an operation
on the operation section 11. This telephone directory editing
function enables the user to enter the name, the telephone number
and mail address, and the kind of the incoming identification tone
and the voice information as the characters on the operation
section 11.
The telephone directory data created in this way is stored in the
memory 17, and displayed on the display section 12, as required, by
an operation on the operation section 11, whereby the user can
inspect the information, and after inspection, performs a telephone
call or mail to a destination which is inspected, by an operation
on the operation section 11.
When a call or mail is received, the telephone number or mail
address registered in the telephone directory can be retrieved by
the originator's information (telephone number or mail address)
transmitted to its terminal device to display the name of
originator on the display section 12 at the time of call
incoming.
If the kind of the incoming identification tone corresponding to
the individual name is registered in the telephone directory data,
the discriminating ringing for the telephone call, the mail or the
like occurs along with the incoming identification tone according
to the specific name. At this time, the waveform information
corresponding to the kind of the incoming identification tone
registered in the telephone directory for the name retrieved at the
time of the call incoming is input into the incoming identification
tone waveform generating section 31.
Further, if a character string corresponding to the voice
information for the individual name is registered in the telephone
directory, the ADPCM data stored beforehand in the memory 17
corresponding to the character string is input into the ADPCM
decoder 35, and the voice information of the character string
registered in the memory 17 is output from the speaker 34.
Generally, it is not necessarily beneficial to the user that the
voice information is output with the incoming identification tone,
because the originator's information may be heard in the
surroundings. In this one embodiment of the present invention, the
telephone call is ringing with the preset incoming identification
tone at the time of the call incoming, and only when the user
operates the switch 11b on the operation section 11 to prompt the
output of the voice information, its voice information is
superimposed.
When the user operates the switch 11b on the operation section 11
to prompt the output of the voice information, the voice
information may be output by stopping the output of the incoming
identification tone, whereby the voice information can be more
easily heard. Further, the vibration of a vibrator, not shown, the
voice information indicating the kind of the call incoming or the
like, can be utilized instead of the incoming identification
tone.
In the mobile communications terminal device 1, in the case where
an incoming call occurs in its own device (step S1 in FIG. 4), if
the originator's information (telephone number, mail address or the
like) is not received (step S2 in FIG. 4), the call is informed
with an incoming identification tone specified beforehand by the
kind of the call incoming (telephone call, mail reception or the
like) (step S3 in FIG. 4). This kind of the incoming identification
tone includes an incoming identification tone melody having a
variation such as gamut or the like. If a confirmation operation
for the call incoming is made on the operation section 11 (step S4
in FIG. 4), the notification of the incoming identification tone is
terminated.
In the mobile communications terminal device 1, when the
originator's information is received at the time of the call
incoming (steps S1, S2 in FIG. 4), the telephone directory is
retrieved by the originator's information (step S5 in FIG. 4), and
if there is no matched data in the retrieval (step S6 in FIG. 4),
the call is informed with the incoming identification tone
specified by the kind of the call incoming (step S3 in FIG. 4) in
the same way as when the originator's information is not received.
However, in one embodiment of this present invention, the character
string of the originator's information can be also output as the
voice information.
In the mobile communications terminal device 1, if there is matched
data in the telephone directory (step S6 in FIG. 4), the call is
informed with the incoming identification tone specified by the
kind of the call incoming and the telephone directory (step S7 in
FIG. 4). Thereafter, if the user presses the switch 11b on the
operation section 11 (step S8 in FIG. 4), the ringing of the
incoming identification tone is stopped and the voice information
converted from the character string previously registered in the
telephone directory is output (step S9 in FIG. 4).
When the output of the voice information is completed, the ringing
of the incoming identification tone is resumed (step S7 in FIG. 4).
In this case, it may be considered to make such a setting that the
ringing is not resumed according to the user's preference. If a
confirmation operation for the incoming call is made on the
operation section 11 while the incoming identification tone is
ringing (step S10 in FIG. 4), its incoming call operation is
completed.
In this way, the contents of the incoming call or the originator
can be identified to a certain level, based on the kind of the
incoming identification tone. Hence, the user can obtain the
primary identification information with the incoming identification
tone. And further, at the time of performing an operation of the
switch 11b, the user can purposely obtain the voice information
corresponding to the character string designating the direct
originator as the secondary designation information.
In particular, in the case where the originator's information can
not be easily identified based on the display at the time of call
incoming, such as when the user carrys the terminal of folding
structure, or contains the terminal of non-folding structure within
the pocket or the like, the user can obtain the voice information
designating the originator by making an operation of the switch 11b
(according to the user's will).
If the kind of the incoming identification tone is associated with
the kind of call incoming, a plurality of persons or a group, but
not a single particular person, the originators can be narrowed to
several names based on the incoming identification tone, and the
originator can be further designated by the operation of the switch
11b. Accordingly, the facility at the time of call incoming can be
enhanced in the situation where the user daily carries the mobile
communications terminal device 1.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of one configuration
of a voice output section in the mobile communications terminal
device 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 5, a voice output section 18 according to another
embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as
the voice output section 13 according to the one embodiment of the
present invention and shown in FIG. 2, except that a volume 36 is
provided. In these drawings, the same numerals are attached to the
same or like components. In operation, the same components perform
the same or like functions as those of the one embodiment of the
present invention.
In the voice output section 18, when the incoming identification
tone is ringing, the waveform information of the incoming
identification tone is input from the control section 14 into the
incoming identification tone waveform generating section 31 to
generate the waveform of the incoming identification tone, which is
then amplified by the amplifier 33, and output as the audio output
from the speaker 34, so that the incoming call is informed to the
outside. In this case, the volume 36 is interposed between the
incoming identification tone waveform generating section 31 and the
amplifier 33, and enables the volume of the incoming identification
tone to be changed relative to the voice output.
Also, in the voice output section 18, at the time of the voice
output, the ADPCM data from the control section 14 is input into
the ADPCM decoder 35, decoded into the analog voice waveform,
amplified by the amplifier 33, and output as the audio output from
the speaker 34, whereby the voice information with the ADPCM data
is output to the outside.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile
communications terminal device according to another embodiment of
the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 1, 5 and 6, the operation
of the mobile communications terminal device according to another
embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The
internal structure of the mobile communications terminal device
according to another embodiment of the present invention is the
same as that of FIG. 1, except that the voice output section 18 is
disposed in place of the voice output section 13. Its appearance is
shown in FIG. 3.
In the mobile communications terminal device 1, when the incoming
call occurs in its own device (step S21 in FIG. 6), if the
originator's information (telephone number, mail address or the
like) is not received (step S22 in FIG. 6), the call is informed
with the incoming identification tone specified beforehand by the
kind of the call incoming (telephone call, mail reception or the
like) (step S23 in FIG. 6). This kind of the incoming
identification tone includes an incoming identification tone melody
having a variation such as gamut or the like. If a confirmation
operation for the call incoming is made on the operation section 11
(step S24 in FIG. 6), the notification of the incoming
identification tone is terminated.
In the mobile communications terminal device 1, when the
originator's information is received at the time of the call
incoming (steps S21, S22 in FIG. 6), the telephone directory is
retrieved by the originator's information (step S25 in FIG. 6), and
if there is no matched data in the retrieval (step S26 in FIG. 6),
the call is informed with the incoming identification tone
specified by the kind of the call incoming (step S23 in FIG. 6) in
the same way as when the originator's information is not received.
However, in this another embodiment of the present invention, the
character string of the originator's information can be also output
as the voice information.
In the mobile communications terminal device 1, if there is matched
data in the telephone directory (step S26 in FIG. 6), the call is
informed with the incoming identification tone specified by the
kind of the call incoming and the telephone directory (step S27 in
FIG. 6). Thereafter, if the user presses the switch 11b on the
operation section 11 (step S28 in FIG. 6), the volume of ringing
the incoming identification tone is relatively reduced by a
predetermined amount and the voice information converted from the
character string previously registered in the telephone directory
is output (step S29 in FIG. 6).
When the output of the voice information is completed, the volume
of ringing the incoming identification tone is restored to its
original volume (step S30 in FIG. 6), and the ringing of the
incoming identification tone is resumed again (step S27 in FIG. 6).
In this case, it may be considered to make such a setting that the
ringing is not resumed according to the user's preference. If a
confirmation operation for the incoming call is made on the
operation section 11 while the incoming identification tone is
ringing (step S31 in FIG. 6), the call incoming operation is
completed.
In this way, the voice information is superimposed by reducing the
volume of the incoming identification tone relatively at the time
of outputting the voice information. Therefore, after the user
obtains the primary identification information by ringing the
incoming identification tone, the user can surely hear the voice
information intentionally, and obtain the voice information
designating the originator. Also, while the ringing of the incoming
identification tone is continued, the user can obtain the voice
information relatively unnoticeably, although the user may feel
anxious about the voice output of the originator's information
spreading over the surroundings in some cases.
As described above, this present invention has the effects that due
to comprising including the steps of ringing with the kind of the
incoming identification tone corresponding to the originator at the
time of the call incoming, and outputting the voice information
corresponding to the character string registered in storage means
for registering beforehand the name of the originator, at least one
of the telephone number and mail address of the originator, the
kind of the incoming identification tone at the time of the call
incoming from the originator, and the character string
corresponding to the voice information designating the originator
in response to an external instruction during the ringing of the
incoming identification tone, it is possible to identify the
originator in a unit of group or the discriminating ringing by
depending on the kind of the incoming identification tone without
regard to the display, and obtain the information designating the
originator in accordance with an external specification.
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